كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أُعْلِمُهُ أَنَّ إِسْحَاقَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَقَفَ ضَيْعَةً عَلَى الْحَجِّ وَ أُمِّ وَلَدِهِ وَ مَا فَضَلَ عَنْهَا لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَشْهَدَنِي عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِمَالٍ لِيُفَرَّقَ عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا وَ أَنَّ فِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ مَنْ يُعْرَفُ حَقُّهُ يَقُولُ بِقَوْلِنَا مِمَّنْ هُوَ مُحْتَاجٌ فَتَرَى أَنْ أَصْرِفَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِمْ إِذَا كَانَ سَبِيلُهُ سَبِيلَ الصَّدَقَةِ لِأَنَّ وَقْفَ إِسْحَاقَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ صَدَقَةٌ <span class="bTxt">فَكَتَبَ ( عليه السلام )</span> فَهِمْتُ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ وَصِيَّةِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَ مَا أَشْهَدَ لَكَ بِذَلِكَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَ مَا اسْتَأْمَرْتَ فِيهِ مِنْ إِيصَالِكَ بَعْضَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى مَنْ لَهُ مَيْلٌ وَ مَوَدَّةٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ مِمَّنْ هُوَ مُسْتَحِقٌّ فَقِيرٌ فَأَوْصِلْ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِمْ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ فَهُمْ إِذَا صَارُوا إِلَى هَذِهِ الْخُطَّةِ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ لِمَعْنًى لَوْ فَسَّرْتُهُ لَكَ لَعَلِمْتَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya Bin Muhammad, both together from Ali Bin Mahziyar who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> letting him<sup>asws</sup> know that Is’haq Bin Ibrahim dedicated a place for Hajj, and the mother of his children, and what remains from it, for the poor; and that Muhammad Bin Ibrahim witnessed me upon himself with wealth to be distributed upon our brethren and among the Clan of Hashim<sup>as</sup> from the ones who recognise his right, speaking with our words, him being needy. So do you<sup>asws</sup> view that I should spend that over them when his way was the way of the charity, because the dedication of Is’haq, but rather it was charity?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> understood, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on you, what you mentioned from the bequest of Is’haq Bin Ibrahim, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Pleased with him, and what Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Please with him, witnessed to you with that, and what he instructed with regards to it from sending part of that to the ones from the Clan of Hashim who has affection and cordiality, from the deserving poor ones. So send that to them, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy upon you. So they, when they arrive to this scheme are more deserving with it than other, due to the reasons, if I<sup>asws</sup> were to explain to you, you would know it, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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